IMPD: Eastside man dies after being shot, trying to drive to hospital

6:43 AM,
Nov. 7, 2013

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A 29-year-old Indianapolis man is dead after being shot on the Eastside late Wednesday and then trying to drive himself to the hospital.

The shooting occurred shortly after 10 p.m., police said, near 34th Street and Emerson Avenue. The victim then crashed his red Chevy Venture near I-70 and Emerson as he tried to make his way to a hospital, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department report. Police responded to the crash at 10:19 p.m.

The victim sustained two gunshot wounds to his chest, police said. He was transported from the scene of the accident ...